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Check out a dash-cam video from Russia this week of a double fatal head-on between a rescue rig and a tractor-trailer

I saw this fire truck collision video on FirefighterSpot.com. If the date is correct it occurred on New Year’s Day 2010. But where did it happen? I am sure one of our readers can answer that question. Let us know in the comment section.

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A story out of Lexington has emerged surrounding the “celebration” following Kentucky winning the NCAA Championship. According to WLEX-TV shots were fired on Limestone around 2:00 AM on April 3 that put a number of people in danger. Firefighters from Station 11 were dealing with a minor collision involving their rig. They were talking with the family involved when one of the firefighters saw a flash.

From WLEX-TV:

Someone fired a gun at least six times, about forty feet away, in their direction.

“There was a lot of panic. Mostly coming from the other side of the street. So we was trying to figure out who we needed to grab, who was screaming, where the shots were coming from, who had been shot,” Lt. Jamie Tinsley remembers.

McClain threw himself on the little boy standing nearby.  Firefighter Shawn Holloway pulled a woman out of her car, who was frozen with fear. Lieutenants Kevin Austin and Jamie Tinsley moved the rest of the family behind their engine.

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On Wednesday, a Eurocopter AS350 operated by the State of Para Fire Department in Brazil broke apart after an emergency landing. There was video rolling when this occurred.

According to the site helihub.com:.

Helicopter landed due to excessive vibration, which continued as ground resonance which shook the aircraft to bits. 4POB all got out safely – the commander, the second pilot, a doctor and a nurse.

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From Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com, the story on Saturday of San Bernardino County, California's Medic Squad 71 being hit by a car as the crew was returning from quarters. Click here.

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Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has the story from Middletown, New York of an assistant chief's SUV and a town police officer's car colliding. They were responding to a fire at the fire chief's home. Click here. 

In Galveston County, Texas last night, a Dickinson fire truck on the way to a wires arcing call slid off a crumbling, freshly paved road into a ditch and turned onto its side. The chief of the department called it a "slow roll". One firefighter was hurt.

There is much more apparatus news for you at Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com. The featured article today is video of Pierce's new Dash CF unveiled yesterday at FDIC in Indianapolis. Click here for that story, some used rigs for sale and the rest of what's happening in the world of apparatus.

Glenn Usdin’s FireTruckBlog.com has been staying on top of the crash Saturday of Youngstown, Ohio’s Squad 33. The site has links to fireground audio and new pictures of the damage following the rollover. Click here.

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Kansas City, Missouri Fire Apparatus Operator Jeffrey Smith lost the lower part of his leg after the engine he was driving hit a tree and a utility pole just a short distance from Station 42.  Police say Smith made the choice to swerve to the right to avoid running over the vehicle that crossed the center line and caused the wreck. Inside that car, a mother and her 3-year-old daughter, who police say was not secured in a car seat.

From WDAF-TV:

“(He) went very hard to the right side of the road to avoid a head on collision with this woman’s vehicle,” said Sgt. Bill Mahoney of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department. “There’s probably a pretty good chance that she and the 3 year old who was improperly restrained would have been seriously injured or killed.” 

Police arrested the mother and held her in jail overnight. She has been released and charges are pending.

Glenn Usdin’s FireTruckBlog.com, which first brought us this story Tuesday, has more details, including an interview with the grandfather of the little girl. Click here.

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A woman is suspected of DUI with a three-year-old child in the car and a firefighter may lose his leg or foot. That’s the bad news from Kansas City, Missouri this evening. FireTruckBlog.com and Firefighter Nation were first with the story shortly after the 1:50 PM crash. Since then the firefighter has been identified as Fire Apparatus Driver Jeff Smith, a 21-year veteran of the Kansas City Fire Department.

Smith was at the wheel of the fire engine as it left Station 42 on East Red Bridge Red responding on a medical call. The rig didn’t get far.

Here’s more from KSHB-TV:

Kansas City Fire Department spokesperson Joe Vitale said the fire truck and a car collided head-on. The fire truck then crashed into a utility pole, which knocked down electrical lines on top of the fire truck.

Kansas City Fire Department Station 42 is just around the bend in this Google Maps Street View image. The arrow shows where the rig ended up. Click the photo to tour the area.

Preliminary findings suggest that the female driver of the car was driving under the influence and crossed over the median, according to police. The Kansas City Police Department will investigate the crash.

The child was not injured and the woman’s injuries are not life threatening.

Authorities said the firefighter in serious, but stable condition.

Most of the damage was sustained to the driver’s side of both vehicles.

Satellite view of the same area showing fire station and crash scene.

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Glenn Usdin’s FireTruckBlog.com has the raw video from Warren, Michigan where four firefighters walked away with minor injuries this afternoon after a tractor-trailer collided with their engine. Click here for the video and the details.